The Thief From Babylon

Here you come as a thief in the night.

What, may I ask, hast thou come to take?

Have ye come to steel jewels, or land?

Have ye come for my pen and ink or mayhap the grass where I last ran?

Have ye come to take my bread or the pillow on which I lay my head?

Any object thou canst take from me

My house, my wine my life, my friends

but may I ask a question so bold?

Hast thou come to steel the souls of men?

You wretched thief from Babylon!